Closeup of paperwhite blooms growing indoors - Cyndi Monaghan/Getty Images Want to give your interior decorating a major lift with masses of snowy white blooms that will fill your home with a gorgeous ...

From the intriguing legend behind its scientific name to its beautiful appearance and sweet fragrance, paperwhites (Narcissus spp.) are among some of the most-loved indoor ornamental plants. A common ...

Most gardeners have completed their outdoor gardening tasks for the season by now and start to look around indoors for gardening projects that will keep their hands in soil until they head back ...

Paperwhites are easy to grow indoors and it’s so nice to have some flowers and fragrance through the winter season. They are generally forced to bloom indoors in the winter and are available with ...

The holiday season will be here quicker than some of us care to acknowledge, and before the turkey leftovers are safely in the refrigerator on Thanksgiving Day, many of us will start to haul out the ...

Forcing is a horticultural term that means manipulating a plant’s environment, primarily the light and temperature, to get it to bloom at the desired time. Although you may not realize it, you are ...

Along with amaryllis, paperwhite, also called narcissus, is a spring bulb popular for “forcing” during winter. Forcing bulbs means growing them to bloom earlier than they would under normal landscape ...

And you thought gardening was for gentle souls. What about forcing bulbs to bloom when they're trying to sleep? In the case of paperwhites and amaryllis, don't fret. They don't sleep. Unlike ...

During the dull, lifeless days of winter, gardeners everywhere long for a hint of spring and the ensuing outdoor growing season. From the Mediterranean region comes a bulb that has given endless ...

Skip the winter doldrums and grow a rainbow of pretty spring blooms by forcing bulbs to flower inside your home.